We stopped peeling more persimmons to dry for hoshigaki just before Thanksgiving this week. The persimmons have gotten too soft to peel and to dry well at this point. This means that what we started drying already will be all that can be made for the season.
We're still taking orders for hoshigaki though, and we still have some for sale in the fruit stand.
In the photo above you can see buckets of persimmon peelings next to Toshio's worm bin at the orchard. Toshio had been feeding some of the peelings to the worms along with other compost from the orchard. The worm castings make very rich fertilizer that we hope to use for the gardens next spring.
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